Daniel T
Member
The unenviable task of sorting and selling my late grandfather's gun collection has fallen to me. While I would obviously prefer to not sell any of his collection, I have only two choices: sell them myself or have them sold en masse to some random dealer. It's not really a choice.
None of the firearms I need to sell have any family history or meaning beyond just being in my grandfather's possession (which is enough for me, but I don't get a say). All of the guns that he had that were passed down to him or that have a personal connection to him have good homes now, so this isn't as bad a situation as it could be. I'm not being asked to sell the 1911A1 he brought back from his WW2 service, or the .410 he got for Christmas at age 8, or anything like that. Those are safe. The guns I'm being asked to sell were ones that he probably meant to sell himself...at some point. He even put prices on most of them (having been a FFL, pre-Clinton), but those prices are fairly outdated now.
About half of his collection has been fairly easy to price, but the other half is a bit stickier. Custom rifles, antique revolvers, etc. This is the first of probably several posts I'm going to make asking the good folks here at THR to assist me in finding fair values for some of these guns.
I've been searching for what the value of this rifle might be, but I've had a hard time. It's a "Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891, Manufactura Loewe Berlin" carbine with an intact crest, but with non-matching serials on the bolt, magazine, and stock. It's in amazing shape, with virtually no finish wear, and no indication of refinishing. The serial number on the receiver and barrel is A93xx.
Close-up up the crest:
So, anyone feel like taking a crack at its value? I can take more pics if needed.
Thanks,
Daniel
None of the firearms I need to sell have any family history or meaning beyond just being in my grandfather's possession (which is enough for me, but I don't get a say). All of the guns that he had that were passed down to him or that have a personal connection to him have good homes now, so this isn't as bad a situation as it could be. I'm not being asked to sell the 1911A1 he brought back from his WW2 service, or the .410 he got for Christmas at age 8, or anything like that. Those are safe. The guns I'm being asked to sell were ones that he probably meant to sell himself...at some point. He even put prices on most of them (having been a FFL, pre-Clinton), but those prices are fairly outdated now.
About half of his collection has been fairly easy to price, but the other half is a bit stickier. Custom rifles, antique revolvers, etc. This is the first of probably several posts I'm going to make asking the good folks here at THR to assist me in finding fair values for some of these guns.
I've been searching for what the value of this rifle might be, but I've had a hard time. It's a "Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891, Manufactura Loewe Berlin" carbine with an intact crest, but with non-matching serials on the bolt, magazine, and stock. It's in amazing shape, with virtually no finish wear, and no indication of refinishing. The serial number on the receiver and barrel is A93xx.
Close-up up the crest:
So, anyone feel like taking a crack at its value? I can take more pics if needed.
Thanks,
Daniel